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2001 Dodge Truck no oil pressure

Tiny
GUILDERSTERN
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  • 2001 DODGE TRUCK
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 141,000 MILES
Truck starts and runs but no oil pressure is showing and it seems that it is not pumping any oil. This was all of a sudden and I'm wondering what could cause this. I'm thinking possibly oil pump or blocked uptake tube or filter
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 AT 11:23 PM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi:
When there is no pressure, are you hearing noise from the engine (knocking, ticking.)? If you are, it sounds like the oil pump, or yes it could be a plugged pick-up. The only way to tell is remove the oil pan.

If you have no knocking or tricking when the gage drops, have it checked with a pressure gauge. It hooks to the engine where the sending unit is. If this is the case, most likely you have a bad oil sending unit.

Joe
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